Eric Berry

Scrabble is more science than art. Really, the person who wins is the one who has memorized more words. There is some measure of spatial awareness and mind flexibility to picture the words, but the base skill needed is a vocabulary.

Poker is largely the inverse. Yes, you can memorize odds and tables, but a big chunk of the game is watching the opponents, reacting, employing psychology.

Fantasy football is both. We have two weeks' worth of data from which to draw our best and worst plays. But divining the real takeaways from that information takes a bit of art. Did a running back have a low yards-per-carry average because of a stout defense or because his line is bad, or has he...

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